Table 5.
Average Comparisons Across the Optimal Matching Patterns on Placement Domains
| Placement Domain | Pattern |
F-Test | Significant Contrast (S) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Late Movers (n = 134) |
Settled with Kin (n = 118) |
Community Care (n = 81) |
Institutionalized (n = 77) |
Early Entry (n = 64) |
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| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Age at first entry | 11.9 | 3.7 | 8.0 | 3.1 | 7.5 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 79.9*** | A, B, C, D, G, I, J |
| Years in care | 3.4 | 1.5 | 8.2 | 3.1 | 8.5 | 2.9 | 9.5 | 2.4 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 194.2*** | A, B, C, D, E, F, I, J |
| Rate of movement | 2.2 | 1.5 | .6 | .6 | 1.4 | .9 | 1.2 | .6 | .8 | .5 | 42.1*** | A, B, C, D, E, F, I |
| Mean no. of placements: | 7.0 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 10.8 | 6.7 | 11.1 | 5.5 | 10.1 | 6.9 | 27.1*** | A, B, C, D, E, F, G |
| Mean no. in Relative Care | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | .8 | 1.1 | 24.3*** | A, B, E, F, G, I, J |
| Mean no. in Regular Foster Care | 2.2 | 2.4 | .7 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 39.1*** | A, B, D, E, G, H, J |
| Mean no. in Treatment Foster Care | .8 | 1.7 | .2 | .5 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 23.8*** | D, E, F, G, I, J |
| Mean no. in Congregate Care | 2.1 | 2.5 | .6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 35.6*** | A, B, C, D, E, F, H, I, J |
| Mean no. in Unplanned Events | .6 | 1.4 | .1 | .6 | .5 | 1.1 | .9 | 1.1 | .5 | .9 | 6.7*** | A, F |
| Mean no. in Run or Unknown Events | .7 | 1.3 | .4 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.7 | .9 | 1.1 | .7 | 1.7 | 5.7*** | C, E, F |
| Mean no. of reentries | .3 | .7 | .3 | .6 | .4 | .5 | .3 | .5 | .3 | .9 | .4 | |
| Length of placement type (months): | ||||||||||||
| Relative Care | 10.4 | 13.3 | 90.0 | 35.0 | 26.5 | 32.1 | 31.3 | 33.2 | 7.7 | 14.1 | 167.4*** | A, B, C, E, F, G, I, J |
| Regular Foster Care | 9.9 | 13.2 | 3.8 | 7.7 | 44.1 | 28.2 | 4.1 | 7.0 | 66.9 | 58.6 | 93.9*** | B, D, E, G, H, I, J |
| Treatment Foster Care | 6.1 | 11.6 | .7 | 3.1 | 16.6 | 22.2 | 9.3 | 16.0 | 61.7 | 48.0 | 93.2*** | B, D, E, G, I, J |
| Congregate Care | 10.3 | 14.0 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 8.1 | 12.4 | 63.2 | 16.0 | 17.4 | 26.2 | 179.3*** | A, C, E, F, G, H, I, J |
| Unplanned Events | 1.8 | 6.1 | .4 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 4.6 | .5 | 1.1 | 3.2* | F |
| Run or Unknown Events | 1.9 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 6.4 | 1.1 | 2.8 | .8 | 2.3 | 2.4 | B |
| No. of placement types (2–8) | 4.2 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 33.6*** | A, B, C, E, F, G |
| First placement: | ||||||||||||
| Length (days) | 186.5 | 338.1 | 1,244.2 | 1,491.9 | 244.8 | 513.3 | 388.7 | 706.1 | 253.3 | 619.3 | 30.0*** | A, E, F, G |
| Type: | ||||||||||||
| No. in Relative Care | 43 | (32.1) | 89 | (75.4) | 19 | (25.5) | 30 | (39.0) | 10 | (15.6) | ||
| No. in Regular Foster Care | 45 | (33.6) | 13 | (11.0) | 40 | (49.4) | 22 | (28.6) | 31 | (48.4) | ||
| No. in Treatment Foster Care | 7 | (5.2) | 2 | (1.7) | 3 | (3.7) | 1 | (1.3) | 4 | (6.3) | ||
| No. in Congregate Care | 37 | (27.6) | 9 | (7.6) | 15 | (18.5) | 21 | (27.3) | 12 | (18.8) | ||
| No. in Unplanned Events | 2 | (1.5) | 5 | (4.2) | 4 | (4.9) | 3 | (3.9) | 7 | (10.9) | ||
Note.—Unless otherwise noted, results are presented as means and standard deviations (SDs); percentages are presented in parentheses. Chi-square for the first placement type is 130.3 and is statistically significant at p < .001. Contrasts: A = 1:2; B = 1:3; C = 1:4; D = 1:5; E = 2:3; F = 2:4; G = 2:5; H = 3:4; I = 3:5; J = 4:5.
*
p < .05.
***
p < .001.